What medical and pharmaceutical/bioscience/medical device meeting planners and continuing medical education professionals need to know to plan meetings and CME activities for healthcare professionals.
Ouch, this one hurts: Pharma Goes to the Laundry: Public relations and the business of medical education (Carl Elliott. The Hastings Center Report), including some really thought-provoking letters in response. A snip, if you can stand it...
Today is Independence day here in the U.S., a day where we celebrate our establishment as a free nation. It is difficult, even for one day, for our country to set aside our differences to rejoice in what binds us together as a nation. Liberals and...
According to this article from insidebayarea, SB 1765, the new California law that went into effect on Friday, requires pharmaceutical companies to limit gifts, meals, and other incentives they provide to health care professionals in the state...
I think it was last week that I posted about Sens. Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus asking pharmaceutical companies to explain why educational grants for CME aren't all about product promotion. (Click here for the official Finance Committee press...
This post is courtesy of Anne Taylor-Vaisey: Random is a word that seems to be used well, randomly these days by the twenty-somethings I know, and it can refer to just about anything. Well, if you want to witness the true meaning of the word...
THE NEW LABOR RULES at Chicago's McCormick Place are getting mostly positive feedback from event planners. “It's definitely a step in the right direction,” says Pam Magnani, vice president of meetings and education, the American Gastroentero...
THIS YEAR'S HEALTHCARE Convention & Exhibitors Association Annual Meeting, held June 4 to 7 in New Orleans, boasted a whopping 70 increase in educational sessions, focusing on the latest developments in exhibit management. Since it's important...
Imagine if doctors could find and eliminate cancer cells before a tumor develops, implant a pump the size of a molecule to deliver medication exactly where it is needed in a patient's body, or remove the broken part of a cell and replace it with a...
